Vadio REXARTE Red 2017

€ 84.95

The nose is reminiscent of a great Bordeaux wine, with notes of blueberries, elderberries, cherry yoghurt, graphite and leather flowing from the glass. It also creates an excellent balancing act on the palate of robust tannins, delicately creamy fruit melt and a stimulating fresh finish. Despite its powerful structure, the “Rexarte” comes across as very delicate and incredibly elegant, as there is a huge amount of freshness in it. This makes it seem wonderfully precise, almost as if it were carved from stone. Gripping and extremely long finish with spicy fruit and mineral veins. Great and noble Baga that is reminiscent of a Pauillac and has a lot of potential.

Food-Pairing

Highly recommended with red meat and game dishes

Grapes : 100% Baga

The grapes were destemmed and crushed in a small open cellar. Fermentation took place through the action of indigenous yeasts. The wine matures for about 12 months in French oak barrels and 36 months in bottle.

The Vadio project was founded in 2005 by winemaker Luís Patrão and is located in the village of Poutena. The wines come essentially from three completely different vineyards. The Rexarte vineyard, restructured in 2007, is a hillside facing west with sandy soils from the Pliocene and is dedicated to the traditional white grape varieties Cercial and Bical. In 2009 they acquired a 0.5 ha plot adjacent to this plot, which has the particularity of being a transitional area between clay and sandy soils, on which they planted Baga. The Vale do Dom Pedro vineyard is located on a slope opposite Rexarte. Separated by a stream, they have completely different soils: clay-limestone and sand. This half-hectare vineyard was planted with Baga in 2009. The Bárrio vineyard is located in a valley. The relief is slightly undulating and the soil is of clay-limestone origin, from the Jurassic period. This vineyard is divided into 3 plots: Bárrio Velho (0.2 ha), Cancelinha (1.3 ha) and Bárrio do Forno (1.2 ha).

Alcoholcontent

13 %vol

Store & Serve

Store in a cool place (12°C). Can be drunk up to 12 years after harvest

Serve at 16 °C

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